MAINTAINING QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY What is Quality? The term quality means different things to different people. Some take it as the degree of excellence of a product while some take it to be the ability of a product to satisfy a need. According to the International Organization for Standardization‚ quality means “the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils the requirement.” So what is the importance of quality in the construction industry? Every construction company faces
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In “The Social Construction of Reality‚” by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann‚ the authors performed a sociological analysis of the reality of everyday life. The goal of the article was to analyze everyday life not in a scientific way‚ but in an empirical fashion. An empirical analysis was wanted most likely because the authors wanted to observe and analyze the everyday life from the multiple perspectives that it exists in‚ and not just from a completely scientific and logical viewpoint. Right
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THE GREAT BRIDGE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AN NTCP ANALYSIS OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PROJECT EM – 612 B Group D Luigi Ballarinni David DeBorja Matthew Gelmetti Jonathon Lum TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Background 4 3. Statement of Problem 5 4. Project NTCP Analysis 7 5. Project Approach 11 6. Conclusion 16 7. References 19 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The goal of the Brooklyn Bridge was to allow people to cross
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Databases | Database Construction and Management 1. What is a database? A database is one or more large structured sets of persistent data‚ usually associated with software (database management system) to update and query the data. A simple database might be a single file containing many records‚ each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a certain fixed width - From FOLDOC A database is a collection of data elements (facts) stored in a computer in a systematic way
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1. In the article "Colossal Construction" by Jacob Batchelor a question is raised what. Are some constraints engineers might need to consider before beginning a large-scale construction project? Engineers need to think about location. "To begin construction‚ workers needed to dredge‚ or dig out‚ the riverbed to make it deep enough for barges to carry materials and equipment" (Batchelor). This shows that engineers need to make sure that they have enough space to carry in equipment. If not enough room
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" Construction industrie is considered one of the biggest industries in the world. It is all about preparations‚ it is about creating‚ building‚ or reparing an already existing building. Constructions insists of heavy and or civil engineering. Lebanon’s construction is one the most attractive and important sectors in the country‚ despite the political and economic pressure‚ it remains great for all local‚ arab and outside countries investors. In every inustry there are the 5 forced of porter’s that
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Construction Project Paper University of Phoenix MGT 437 Laura Sanders May 15‚ 2001 Construction Project Paper The statement of work defines the construction project for the Phoenix family’s new garage with second level living quarters. Fales Construction is the general contractor for the project. The excavation and foundation work will be sub-contracted to Mural Excavation and Landscaping. The carpentry work will be sub-contracted to Fox Construction. The plumbing work will be sub-contracted
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Strategic Plan for a Construction Company Introduction Recently as 6 months ago I was involved in the reconstruction and up gradation of my own house. The process lasted 1 and half years due to various reasons‚ some of which were that we were also living in the same house and the upper story was being built‚ availability of funds‚ lack of time on our part etc. But apart from these aspects I learnt that the construction business of today lacks many things. One such thing was that there are no
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0969-9988.htm The health and safety impact of construction project features H&S impact of CPFs Patrick Manu School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences‚ City University London‚ London‚ UK 65 Nii Ankrah School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ Wolverhampton‚ UK David Proverbs Faculty of Environment and Technology‚ University of the West of England‚ Bristol‚ UK‚ and
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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The construction industry has many features which set it apart from other industries and which accentuate the need for professional management (Bamisile‚ 2004). According to Oyegoke (2006)‚ the construction project of the 21st century is becoming a more complex process that spans many phases‚ is technologically driven‚ has many stakeholders‚ involves new types of clients‚ finances and project organizations. This has resulted in changes in construction methods that affect the structure
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